Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (42.04%), followed by Delaware County (20.01%), and Forest County (18.57%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Pennsylvania counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia County | 42.04 |
| 2 | Delaware County | 20.01 |
| 3 | Forest County | 18.57 |
| 4 | Dauphin County | 17.15 |
| 5 | Allegheny County | 13.13 |
| 6 | Monroe County | 12.42 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 8.7 |
| 8 | Erie County | 7.11 |
| 9 | Union County | 7 |
| 10 | Beaver County | 6.23 |
| 11 | Chester County | 5.9 |
| 12 | Mercer County | 5.58 |
| 13 | Pike County | 5.38 |
| 14 | Huntingdon County | 5.37 |
| 15 | York County | 5.26 |
| 16 | Lehigh County | 5.18 |
| 17 | Northampton County | 4.71 |
| 18 | Fayette County | 4.6 |
| 19 | Lycoming County | 4.43 |
| 20 | Berks County | 4.09 |
| 21 | Lawrence County | 3.83 |
| 22 | Cambria County | 3.6 |
| 23 | Bucks County | 3.59 |
| 24 | Cumberland County | 3.25 |
| 25 | Greene County | 3.21 |
| 25 | Lancaster County | 3.21 |
| 26 | Luzerne County | 3.15 |
| 26 | Washington County | 3.15 |
| 27 | Centre County | 3.07 |
| 28 | Franklin County | 3.04 |
| 29 | Wayne County | 2.97 |
| 30 | Schuylkill County | 2.7 |
| 31 | Sullivan County | 2.64 |
| 32 | Somerset County | 2.56 |
| 33 | McKean County | 2.51 |
| 34 | Indiana County | 2.5 |
| 35 | Lackawanna County | 2.39 |
| 36 | Westmoreland County | 2.38 |
| 37 | Clearfield County | 2.25 |
| 38 | Northumberland County | 2.14 |
| 39 | Crawford County | 1.72 |
| 40 | Lebanon County | 1.67 |
| 41 | Blair County | 1.66 |
| 42 | Columbia County | 1.65 |
| 43 | Clinton County | 1.61 |
| 44 | Adams County | 1.49 |
| 45 | Carbon County | 1.47 |
| 46 | Montour County | 1.38 |
| 47 | Butler County | 1.17 |
| 48 | Venango County | 1.03 |
| 49 | Fulton County | 1.01 |
| 50 | Snyder County | 0.98 |
| 51 | Clarion County | 0.94 |
| 52 | Armstrong County | 0.79 |
| 53 | Tioga County | 0.77 |
| 54 | Wyoming County | 0.72 |
| 55 | Perry County | 0.7 |
| 56 | Mifflin County | 0.63 |
| 57 | Juniata County | 0.59 |
| 58 | Bedford County | 0.52 |
| 59 | Bradford County | 0.51 |
| 60 | Warren County | 0.41 |
| 61 | Jefferson County | 0.38 |
| 61 | Potter County | 0.38 |
| 61 | Susquehanna County | 0.38 |
| 62 | Cameron County | 0.36 |
| 63 | Elk County | 0.34 |